Soap cake.



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(Applimhon Apr. 2, 1901.)

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THOMAS A. LYNCH, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SOAP CAKE.

5PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 680,052, dated August6, 1901.

Application filed April 2, 1901.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that LTHoMAs A.LYNCH,& citizen of the United States,and aresident otthe city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Soap Cake,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in soap cakes; and the object isto provide in connection with a cake of soap a plate of rigid materialnot affected by water, so arranged as to support the soap slightly abovethe bot tom of asoap dish or holder or above a washstand-top upon whichthe soap may be placed, thus holding the soap out of contact with waterthat may be on the bottom of the soapdish or on the stand-top, whichresults in an economy of soap, as it is well known that soap when butslightlyengaging in water will be slowly'dissolved and wasted, and,further, the plate serves as a binder to hold the cake together untilentirely worn away. v

I will describe a soap cake embodying my invention and then point outthe novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,fo'rming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures. Figure 1 is a plan view of acake of soap having my invention applied thereto, and Fig. 2 is asection on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates a cake of soap, and embedded inthe same during the course of molding or manufacturing is a rigid plate11, consisting of wood or other suitable material not aifected by water.This plate at its sides has projections l2,which extend outward from theplane of the soap and serve substantially as legs to supportthe soapSerial No. 54,069. (No model.)

vabove a washstand-top or thelike. Arranged on this plate is an erasivematerial 13-such,

for instance, as pumice-stone or like material-by means of which ink maybe removed from the hands. the makersname may be placed on the plateinstead of on the soap, as is the usual prac- The name of the soap ortice, thus retaining the identity of the soap until it is entirely wornaway. 3

It will be noted that the projections or legs 12 aretransverselyrounded, so as to present only slight surfaces to engagewith a support,

and thus reducing the possibility of water creeping up the same, andthis is further prevented by having the place between the projectionsopen at the ends, providing fora circulation of air.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1.. The combination with a cake of soap, of a plateof rigid material embedded therein and having its opposite sidesprojected outward from the plane of the soap to form legs, the spacebetween the legs being open at the ends, substantially as specified.

2. The combination with a cake of soap, of a plate of rigid materialembedded therein and having opposite sides projected outward from theplane of the soap to form logs, the

space between the legs being open at the ends, and an erasive materialattached to the plate between said legs,sobstantially as speciiied.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS A. LYNCH.

Witnesses:

J no. M. BITTER, C. R. FERGUSON.

